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Although famous throughout the world, Pythagoras’ life is shrouded in mystery. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Born in Samos in ...

Chances are that if you attended school between the ages of 12 and 15 you learned the Pythagorean Theorem. Even if you happily left geometry in the rearview mirror decades ago you can probably still ...

Pythagoras (570-500 BC) was born on the island of Samos in what is now Greece. On the advice of Thales of Miletus, he travelled to Memphis in Egypt where he came into contact with priests renowned for ...

Pythagoras held that there are three sorts of men, just as there are three classes of strangers who go to the Olympic games. There are the lovers of gain who come to buy and sell, the lovers of honour ...